Saint Agapitus
![[Saint Agapitus]](saintabe.jpg "jpg detail of an old holy card with an image of a painting of Saint Agapitus; painting on the wall of the Cathedral of Palestrina; artist unknown; please do not write to ask about the image")
- Also known as
- Agapito
- Memorial
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18 April
formerly 18 August
- Profile
- Young martyr.
Because he was a young man, and because the heroic way he met his martyrdom brought about many conversions, his was a favourite story in times past, and often grew in the telling.
- Died
- thrown to wild animals in the arena;
when they would not touch him, he was beheaded c.267 at Palestrina, Italy;
relics at Palestrina and Besancon
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
- against colic
- Additional Information
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New Catholic Dictionary
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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